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W. E. MINNELEY;

Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

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WILLIAM MININELEYyOF wELLsvILnE, NEW YORK.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION. forming part. of Letters'Patent No. 284,467, datedSeptember 4, 1883.

A Application filed June 21. 1883. (X10 model.) i

To (ZZZ whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. MINNELEY, of -\Vellsville, in the countyof Allegany and State of New York, have invented an ImprovedHarness-Buckle; andI do hereby declare the following to be afull andexact description thereof, referencebeing had to the' accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification. t

Figure 1 is a top View of the buckle; Fig. 2, a view of the under sideof the same; Fig.3, a side view thereof; Fig. 4, a central longitudi nalsection of the buckle, with a portion of a hame-tug and trace, to whichit is attached.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention is an improvement in leverbail buckles.

The frame A has parallel sides a a, concavely curved on top, so that theend bars, I) 0, may both rest upon the top of the trace,and it has twocross-bars, d f, across its middle, with sufficient space between themto admit the bail B. The sides of the bail rest in offset-openings g g,of sufficient size to admit its free play therein, the bailturningon thefront extremities thereof, which form fulcra for the same. These middlecross-bars form a bed, on which the under side of the trace C rests, andthe lever-bail firmly draws the trace directly down thereon when thehame-tug Dis drawn upon. From the under side, preferably, of the frontend bar, I), projects a tongue, h, to enter the tongue-holes of thetrace. This holds securely in the trace when draft is on the same, theother end bar, 0, which rests onthe trace, assisting to keep the tonguein place, and when the tongue is to be shifted to another hole in thetrace the space between the bar I) and front middle bar, d, issufficient to allow a free withdrawal and insertion of the tongue, whilethe bail, freely swinging, does not impede the manipulation of thetrace. The buckle is therefore very convenient in use, as well ascompact and handsome in form.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

In a harness-buckle, a buckle-frame, A, constructed with the two endbars, I) c, to rest upon the upper side of the trace, two middle bars, df, upon which the under side of the trace bears, and a tongue, h, on theunder sideof one end bar, I), in combination with a lever.

bail, B, working in openings 9 9 between the two middle bars,-for thepurpose herein speci-

